Searchers at Allatoona Lake found the body of a 17-year-old boater from Woodstock on Friday, one day after he disappeared.
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources reported shortly before 5 p.m. that his remains had been recovered in the lake. DNR had crews searching for Jackson Croft throughout the day, Channel 2’s Tom Regan reported.
They discovered his body around 3:40 p.m. in about 20 feet of water and roughly 100 feet from where his boat was found.
“It’s just a very tragic incident, and we are really thinking about the family and the issues they are having to go through right now,” said Mark McKinnon with Georgia DNR. “Hopefully, we can give them some support and also some space and some privacy in the days ahead.”
The DNR says they don’t know if the teen fell off or was knocked off his boat. They say he wasn’t wearing a life jacket at the time, and they encourage everyone to wear a life jacket while out on the lake.
Emergency crews were called to the lake shortly before 5:30 p.m. Thursday after people called about a small bass boat spinning in circles on the lake. Rescue crews were able to stop the boat, but there was no one on board.
Teams used SONAR to ping potential targets. DNR says the lake has many trees on the bottom, and it varies in depth.
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